Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inspection of the interior of any cavity or canal of the body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The art or process of examination or treatment by means of an endoscope.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine the examination of a
bodily orifice ,canal ororgan using anendoscope
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope
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Examples
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A research team lead by Professor Peter Malfertheiner, evaluated prospectively the changes in quality of life (QOL) in ten HV during a long-term endoscopy-based study.
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A research team lead by Professor Peter Malfertheiner, evaluated prospectively the changes in quality of life (QOL) in ten HV during a long-term endoscopy-based study.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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A research team lead by Professor Peter Malfertheiner, evaluated prospectively the changes in quality of life (QOL) in ten HV during a long-term endoscopy-based study.
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Wakefield, on the other hand, was anything but discouraging: He suggested that Michelle have a pediatric gastroenterologist perform an endoscopy, which is an invasive surgical procedure during which a fiber-optic camera is threaded up the rectum or down the mouth and through the maze of the gastrointestinal tract.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Wakefield, on the other hand, was anything but discouraging: He suggested that Michelle have a pediatric gastroenterologist perform an endoscopy, which is an invasive surgical procedure during which a fiber-optic camera is threaded up the rectum or down the mouth and through the maze of the gastrointestinal tract.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Wakefield, on the other hand, was anything but discouraging: He suggested that Michelle have a pediatric gastroenterologist perform an endoscopy, which is an invasive surgical procedure during which a fiber-optic camera is threaded up the rectum or down the mouth and through the maze of the gastrointestinal tract.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Screening for esophageal cancer, called endoscopy, involves placing a tube with a small camera down the throat to look for tumors.
For most, chronic heartburn not a big risk for esophageal cancer 2010
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Screening for esophageal cancer, called endoscopy, involves placing a tube with a small camera down the throat to look for tumors.
For most, chronic heartburn not a big risk for esophageal cancer 2010
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She thinks I should have a test called an endoscopy.
The Owl and Moon Cafe Jo-Ann Mapson 2006
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She thinks I should have a test called an endoscopy.
The Owl and Moon Cafe Jo-Ann Mapson 2006
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